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larcenist
noun[ C ]
law USspecializeduk /ˈlɑː.sən.ɪst/ us /ˈlɑːr.sən.ɪst/
someone who steals, especially without illegally entering a building to do so:
The boss actually congratulated him for being such a clever larcenist.
Rehabilitating grand larcenists would be a much better use of these funds.
He starred as a master larcenist in the TV comedy series "Thieves".
The classrooms are packed at the Corrective Behavior Institute, where sticky-fingered larcenists come to get cured.
They sell smoke bombs which blind would-be larcenists with dust.
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abscond
abscond with someone/something
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anti-burglar
anti-burglary
eavesdrop
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housebreaking
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jimmy
job
plunder
poach
poaching
porch piracy
purloin
rustle
rustling
snaffle
snitch
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